Color Scheme Main Hex Codes

Uploading & Installing the Theme

** IMPORTANT: IF YOU PURCHASED YOUR THEME AT CREATIVE MARKET, GENESIS.ZIP WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN YOUR THEME DOWNLOAD. YOU WILL INSTEAD NEED TO PURCHASE GENESIS AT STUDIOPRESS. PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT-HOW-TO-PURCHASE-GENESIS.PDF IN YOUR THEME DOWNLOAD FOLDER FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Adding the background in WordPress

The theme comes with a watercolor background. To upload it, go to Appearance >> Background and upload the file called background.png found in the /images folder of your theme download. Use the following settings and save:

Adding the header in WordPress

Add your site title and tagline in WordPress by going to Settings >> General. For this theme, the site title is the top line, and the tagline is the bottom part.

UPLOAD YOUR OWN HEADER: You will need to have two header sizes: one desktop version and one mobile responsive version (retina-friendly). The retina-friendly version should be double the size of the normal version. We have the theme set up to accept a 265×265 px logo (530×530 px for retina-friendly), but you can easily change this.

Go to Appearance >> Editor >> style.css and search for “.header-image .site-header .wrap“. The comments in the file will walk you through the process of changing your logo. After you’ve changed that, change the mobile logo by searching for the second instance of “.header-image .site-header .wrap” (this is under the Media Queries section). You will also have to go to Genesis >> Theme Settings >> Header and selecting “Image logo” instead of “Dynamic text” (see image):

Changing the color scheme

On your Genesis >> Theme Settings page, you have the option to select your color scheme under “color style.”

To enable navigation

Go to Appearance >> Menu. Create and save a menu with your desired links. Then, select the name of the menu from the drop down box under either “primary navigation menu” (located below the header) or “secondary navigation menu” (located below the primary navigation menu).

Homepage Widgets

This theme features a widgetized home page with three areas:

Home Top

Home Middle

Home Bottom

Control what shows up here by going to Appearance >> Widgets and dragging and dropping widgets into these areas. You have lots of options! Click on the following thumbnails to see how to configure each layout. More information on the widgets you need can be found throughout this installation guide.

Adding a message on the Home Page

If you want to add a little message or quote on your home page like I did (the love quote in cursive), go to Appearance >> Widgets and drag and drop a new Text widget into any home widget area. Make sure your text is bracketed by Heading 3 tags:

<h3>
Your quote here.
<h3>

Setting up the Page Link Buttons on Home Page

This part involves a little bit of coding, but it’s very customizable in the sense that you can link to whatever page you want with whatever text you want. Go to Appearance >> Widgets and drag and drop a new Text widget into the Home Middle widget area. Here is the code you will need:

Start off with this:

<div class="links">
add stuff here
</div>

To add your first button, replace ‘add stuff here’ with this, replacing ‘http://URLOFPAGEHERE’ with your full page link, ‘read more’ with your top line of text and ‘about me’ with the second line of text:

Featured Posts Widget

The featured posts widget you’ll need for most of the homepage layout options is built right into Genesis. To add it, go to Appearance >> Widgets >> Genesis Featured Posts and match the settings to the settings for your chosen homepage layout option.

Adding in the Social Media Icons

First, download and install Simple Social Icons. To add, go to Appearance >> Widgets >> drag and drop a “Simple Social Icons” widget to where you want it to appear. Use these settings (colors are for the default color scheme–use the hex codes included at the top of this page depending on what color scheme you’re using):

Adding in Responsive Slider

You’ll need to install the Genesis Responsive Slider plugin (go to Plugins >> Add New and search for “Genesis Responsive Slider”). Visit this video tutorial for how to configure the slider. For this theme, the slider images are 1024 x 450 px.

Adding in Subscription Box/Genesis eNews Extended

You can add in a subscription box in several different areas: the sidebar, homepage widget, etc. This tutorial covers how to set up your subscription box.

Recent Posts Widget (Sidebar & Footer Widgets)

Add your own ‘recent posts’ widget in your sidebar by going to Appearance >> Widgets >> Genesis Featured Posts. Make sure ‘Order by: Date’ is selected and that you only have the post title showing (no content, excerpts, or thumbnails).

Adding in Footer Widgets

This theme features a 3-column footer widget area on the bottom. Control what shows up here by going to Appearance >> Widgets and dragging and dropping widgets into the Footer 1, Footer 2, and Footer 3 widget areas.

Setting up the Portfolio

First, you will need to install the Portfolio Post Type plugin and activate it. Once you’ve done that, you should see a “Portfolio” tab in the sidebar of your WordPress administration area. From here, you can add in your posts. I like to set up my categories first, and then you can add in posts and tag them in their specific category. The featured image that you set for each post is what displays on the portfolio category pages.

You can view your main portfolio at http://yoururl.com/portfolio/, and your category pages at http://yoururl.com/portfolio_category/your-category/

If you’re receiving a 404 error page when you view your portfolio, you might need to reset your Permalinks. To do this, go to Settings >> Permalinks and click “save” on the bottom, without making any changes.

To ensure your title displays on the portfolio page, go to your main category page and edit that category. Add your title where it says “Archive Headline”. Control how many portfolio items show up on the portfolio page by going to Settings >> Reading >> Blog pages show at most (best if it’s a number divisible by 3).

Setting a Page to Display your Blog Posts

If you’re using the front page layout but still want to have a page that displays recent blog entries, go to Pages >> Add New and create a new page called “Blog.” In the Page Attributions section, make sure “Blog” is selected under “Template.”

Setting up the Pin-It Hover Button

We’ve included a custom pin-it button with this theme. To set it up, you’ll need to install the jQuery Pin It Button For Images plugin. Once activated, click on Settings >> JQuery Pin It Button for Images and configure your settings. On the “Visual” tab, upload pin.png found in the /images folder of your theme download.

Setting up Share Icons at Bottom of Posts

You might have noticed the share icons that appear at the bottom of each post. To set this up, you’ll need to install the Jetpack plugin by going to Plugins >> Add New and searching “Jetpack.” The instructions will walk you through syncing Jetpack with your WordPress.com account (if you don’t have one, you can create one from free). Once you have it set up and synced, go to Settings >> Sharing and ensure your settings match the following: